The bald eagle, a symbol of the power and strength of the United States for more than 240 years, earned an overdue honor on ...

Activists have called for Biden to commute the sentence of many or all federal death row inmates for some time. More than 130 ...

A civilian team at a base in Maryland disposed of Syrian toxins a decade ago after hundreds of people were killed in a nerve ...

The Edmonton Oil Kings have had a much stronger campaign than last season as they seem poised to make the playoffs and ...

The news that Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, has been living in a retirement facility and experiencing a “very rapid” decline set ...

Whooping cough has been surging in the United States for months and the latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control ...

The NYPD is still working to identify the woman who was set on fire while she slept on the New York City Subway last weekend.

For Christians, Christmas is a holiday about ending the horrors of war, illness, isolation and the infinite ways we are cruel ...

NORAD, the North American Aerospace Command, is tracking Santa on his trip around the world this Christmas, so children and ...

Communities are divided on how much to cooperate with immigration agents. In San Diego, the sheriff has vowed to defy a new ...

WTOP takes a look back at some of the top D.C. sports stories of the year, from Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders ...